NO ACTION NEEDED.
FRANCO AND GIBRALTAR. THE ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 31. Questioned on reported remarks by General, Franco regarding Gibraltar, the Lord Px*ivy Bleal (Mr C. R. Attlee) said that due note had been taken of the statement and Britain did not regard it as involving a fresh departure in Spanish policy. Accordingly no special action was called for.—British Official Wireless'.
A Madrid message dated June; 18 stated: General 'Franco, . for the first time endorsing the agitation for the return of Gibraltar, recalled that the mission of Spaniards imposed by the Catholic kings was to hold Gibraltar and expand Spanish rule in Africa. He told service chiefs that there were 2,000,000 soldiers ready to support Spain’s rights.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 5
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